English physician and suffragist Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was born #OTD in 1836.
In 1865, Elizabeth Anderson became the first woman in Britain to qualify as a physician and surgeon. In 1872, she founded the New Hospital for Women in London, which was staffed entirely by women. In 1874, she co-founded the London School of Medicine for Women, where served as the dean of the school, guiding its development and ensuring high standards of education for women students.
Three types of misinformation are being used against transgender people: oversimplifying scientific knowledge, fabricating and misinterpreting research and promoting false equivalences
Maybe it would be a good idea not to get COVID?! I’m still wearing at least a KN95 mask in public and I don’t remove my mask in public, but I’m usually the only person (article free to read.) https://wapo.st/3Kvhb9d#covid#cancer#medicine#HoosierMast
How hard is it to stop taking #antidepressants? Amid often emotional discussion, existing studies are unclear. A meta-analysis from #CharitéBerlin & @UniKoeln now gives the most thorough answer to date as to how common discontinuation symptoms really are.
'Damage to knee cartilage and bone can limit mobility and cause chronic pain. Now, researchers have developed an off-the-shelf synthetic ‘plug’ that heals the joint and could be an alternative to current treatments like total knee replacement surgery'
θύμον (thúmon) in Ancient Greek refers to thyme. Same as French "thym," oe Swedish "timjan." Some suggest that it comes from a pre-Greek word that simply refers to the plant. However, others proposed something interesting: what if it derives from θύω (thúō), meaning "to smoke"? Thyme has been burned to release its esences into the air since antiquity. It could be.